Nicholas P. Negroponte Ph.D.

Background

Mr. Nicholas P. Negroponte, Ph.D., serves as a Special General Partner at Applied Technology Investors, Inc. Mr. Negroponte Founded iWalk, Inc., in 2006. He was a Partner of Protos LLC. He is a founder of MIT's pioneering Architecture Machine Group. He joined the MIT faculty in 1966 and became a full professor in 1980. He was the Co-founder of MIT Media Lab. Mr. Negroponte serves as a Director at Zebra Imaging, Inc. He is a Co-Founder and a Director of the Massachusetts ... Institute of Technology Media Laboratory. He joined MIT's faculty in 1966. He serves as a Director of Velti SA and Salient Stills, Inc. He has been an Independent Non Executive Director of Velti Plc since April 26, 2006. He serves as Member of the Advisory Board at TTI Technologies LLC, Bluestreak, Inc., Saybot (Shanghai) Inc., Vitality, Inc. and Urban Interactions, Inc. He serves as Member of Editorial Advisory Board at Global News Enterprises, LLC. He served as a Director of Ambient Devices, Inc and Organic Network Inc. He served as Member of the Advisory Board at Drop.io, Inc. since march 2008. He served as an Independent Director of Motorola Solutions, Inc., from 1996 to May 4, 2009. He serves as Chairman of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit association created by faculty members of the MIT Media Lab. He served as a Director of MIT Media Lab. In August 2007, he was appointed to a five-member special committee with the objective of assuring the continued journalistic and editorial integrity and independence of the Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones & Company publications and services. He has also published “The New York Times” best seller “Being Digital” which has been translated into over 40 languages. He was the founder of WiReD magazine. Mr. Negroponte received a B.A. and an M.A. in Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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